Headlines
  • After a temporary suspension, Emirates said the airline "will resume operations."
  • On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran will be "hit very hard" and that he was thinking about extending the strikes to other targets..
  • At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
  • Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
  • The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
  • Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
  • To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
  • In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
  • Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.

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July 17, 2019

Dalai Lama Representative Dismisses Chinese Pressure...

Zha Luo, director at Beijing-based China Tibetology Research Center, a government-run think tank, told Indian reporters recently that any refusal by India to recognize China’s choice of the next Dalai Lama would hurt ties

July 6, 2019

Michelle Bachelet on Venezuela at Human Rights...

High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet spoke to the press after presenting her office’s report on Venezuela at Human Rights Council today (5 Jul) in Geneva, which follows her official visit to Venezuela from the 19 to 21 June

10th Anniversary of Urumqi Unrest Brings...

Some 200 people died and 1,700 were injured in the three-day rampage of violence that began on July 5, 2009 in Urumqi between ethnic minority Uyghurs and Han Chinese, according to China’s official figures, although Uyghur rights groups say the numbers are much higher

July 5, 2019

Iranian James Bonds: New TV Series...

For the past four weeks, Iranians have been glued to their state-controlled televisions watching a team of highly competent and devoted intelligence officers catch spies and toss corrupt officials in prison

July 4, 2019

Hong Kong Vows Crackdown on Anti-Extradition...

Two people have committed suicide in the city after displaying anti-extradition slogans, while a third man was escorted away by social workers after threatening to jump from the roof of a shopping mall

June 16, 2019

Least 10 Imams Killed In Nangarhar...

Almost a dozen religious scholars have been killed in attacks by unknown armed men in the eastern province of Nangarhar in the past two months, the provincial governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani said on Saturday. Khogyani said that no one has been arrested in connection to the killings. “Details of some cases have been shared by the …

June 14, 2019

MINUSCA Supports Berberati Prison Authority in...

help the detainees to feed themselves, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, known under its French acronym MINUSCA, supports the prison authorities of Berberati in cultivating its own field of cassava.

June 13, 2019

UN: 1 in 10 Children Globally...

Children as young as five are among the 152 million victims of child labor. Many of them work long hours, for little or no pay, under abusive, slave-like conditions

June 12, 2019

Refugees Flee Monastery Compound in Rakhine...

More than 1,000 civilians displaced by clashes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state slipped away from a Buddhist monastery giving them shelter on Tuesday before government soldiers could enter the compound to search for hidden rebel troops, sources said today

June 10, 2019

Burning Down The House: Karelia Villagers...

The very name of the film, which is being made by the production company of Oscar-winning filmmaker and head of the Russian Cinematographers Union Nikita Mikhalkov, is enough to strike terror into the hearts of the seven people living year-round in the ancient wooden architecture of Kinerma — Fire!

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